US Department of Energy opts for SciFinder for researchers complex-wide - October 4, 2011
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has announced that the US Department of Energy (DoE) has chosen SciFinder as the chemical information tool for its researchers at 17 sites across the nation. The one-year, renewable contract marks the first time the DoE has entered into… Read More
OUP launches new online platform for cross-university press monograph content - October 4, 2011
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced the creation of an online platform for university press monograph content. Having redeveloped the Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO), OUP is launching University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) and inviting the University Press community to take advantage of a… Read More
New study of top five point-of-care tools finds DynaMed is the most current - October 4, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that its evidence-based point-of-care clinical reference tool DynaMed has been shown to be the most current point-of-care reference tool. A study published recently in the British Medical Journal looked at how quickly… Read More
SAGE’ online community of researchers hits 10,000 members - October 3, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that Methodspace, the interdisciplinary online network for the community of researchers, has now reached over 10,000 members. Launched in March 2009, Methodspace was devised to facilitate online discussion about all aspects of research methodology. Registered users can participate in discussions… Read More
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences names Darryl C. Zeldin as scientific director - October 3, 2011
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced that physician-scientist Dr. Darryl C. Zeldin will become the Institute's new scientific director. Effective October 23, Zeldin will lead and manage a $114 million biomedical research programme focused… Read More
EMpact and Eduserv announce sales representation agreement - October 3, 2011
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO, has entered into a global (excluding Israel) agreement with Eduserv to provide sales representation for their OpenAthens product. OpenAthens is an identity and single sign-on product that controls users' access to online resources with a single username… Read More
